Rhythm Quiz

Rhythmic Transcription / Dictation

Solfege - Do-Re-Me

Intervals

Webster Definition:

In music theory, an interval is the difference between two pitches. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or harmonic if it pertains to simultaneously sounding tones, such as in a chord

Simpler :

The space between two notes.This could pertain to two notes played one after the other, or two notes played simultaneously Example...

These are important because certain intervals sound more 'right to our ear than others!

Remember with scales, we always measure in half steps and whole steps - we can measure intervals in this way too -

List of Intervals Measured by StepName/Scale DegreeStep Measurent

Perfect 1 = 0 half-steps

minor 2 = 1 half-step

Major 2 = 2 half-steps

minor 3 = 3 half-steps

Major 3 = 4 half-steps

Perfect 4 = 5 half-steps

Augmented 4 = 6 half-steps

Perfect 5 = 7 half-steps

minor 6 = 8 half-steps

Major 6 = 9 half-steps

minor 7 = 10 half-steps

Major 7 = 11 half-steps

Perfect 8 (octave) = 12 half-steps

Chords / Harmony

Where Scales deal with notes played in succession (one after the other), and intervals could be played simultaneously or separately,​ Chords deal exclusively with notes that are played or sounded simultaneously.

Webster Definition:a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together,

For our Purposes, we will always talk about at least 3 or more notes.(if there are only two notes, it would be an interval, not chord)

A chord with 3 Notes is called a Triad

We will think about chords in terms of their relationship to a scale

​Just like there are many variations of scales, there are many variations of chords. The two most common are Major and Minor, most chords we will talk about are some kind of variation on these chords